Some questions on different kinds of cubes

[Kattenvriendin]

Sometimes. But not always. You try my $1 dollarstore cube and tell me it's not the cube...

It's the cube.. definitely: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZxXBqpZxPE (this is my first LOL)

[ThomasJE]

It's the cube.. definitely: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZxXBqpZxPE (this is my first LOL)

Corner cuts 0.01 degree.

[Kattenvriendin]

WHAHAHA, yeah.. and don't do too many left turns either. You will then have two non functional cubes. A 3x3x2 and a 3x3x1

[Ralinda4]

The only problem that I can see from moving on to a better cube is corner cutting. If you rely on cutting too much then you'll have a tough time moving on the 4x4 and above because they cannot cut well. I still have a small amount of difficulty because of that when big cubing, because lockups are a *****. Basically: Don't rely on corner cutting but get an amazing cube as soon as possible.

[sneaklyfox]

It's the cube.. definitely: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZxXBqpZxPE (this is my first LOL)

lol... that looks the same as my dollarstore cube. Plastic tiles... less than no corner cutting. Sad, sad. I would feel sorry for anyone receiving this as their first cube. It would be a major turn off.

[Kattenvriendin]

It's why it was in a box for.. since my teens, going on 40 in a few months..

However.. never got rid of it! And look what it did...

[Yuxuibbs]

I'm going to get flamed for this but:
I went from rubiks brand to A1 to zhanchi to guhong v1 for my mains. I have a ton of trouble on big cubes because I'm used to the corner cutting on the dayans. I'm about 5 sec worse because of corner cutting. Try practicing turning accurately or having another type of speed cube in between. I switched when I felt like my cube was holding me back which was true when I improved by 10 sec in a few minutes when I got my A1. If you feel like a cube is too fast, use a slower one or tighten the cube until it's slower.

I run a cubing club at school and everyone started with a rubiks brand and some ended up liking the guhong but others prefered their rubiks because they kept over turning and messing up because of the over turning. They had to learn how to take care of their dayans because you need to tension, clean and lube your cube for it to turn well. They never had to deal with tensioning or cleaning because they just put some crc in their rubiks brands and kept breaking their cube in. Now a lot of them switched to the F3 or a ghost hand 2 because they like the speed and feel of the cube. They only want to switch when they average low 20s because they can't deal with the speed of the dayans. There was only one person in the club that felt better with a dayan because they were already used to using my guhong and knew how to turn slower and control the cube.

Everyone is different so if you don't feel like getting another cube just tighten the cube a little but it's all personal preference. Some people are fine when they start with a dayan but others would rather have another type of speed cube first so there is a smaller jump in the speed of the cube.

[A Leman]

Since I only have a rubiks,ghosthand and guhong, I can compare them fairly well. My rubiks cube is normally ignored.My Guhong is the fastest, but i have it so loose that if i don't turn accuratley, 4 corners and 5 edges explode everywhere. The ghosthand is almost as fast as the guhong but is tensioned better so I don't have to care about accuracy as much which could be a relief to a new cuber spaming algs, but that is not a good way to get faster.So I switch between my ghosthand and guhong based on personal preferences like size and durability.

[Rubiksboy1]

This makes sense doesn't it: a cube that's easier to turn can be solved faster, because easy things can be done faster than harder things, and turning is what you do to solve the cube. It's only logical.

So what if you have to get used to a faster cube? Your first F2L solves are slower than your LBL's, but you get used to it eventually and go faster. Just get the feel for a it, and you will get faster with a faster cube, over time.

[Kattenvriendin]

I can try tightening the tensions a bit to slow it down, however, there IS a downside to that IMHO as I will have to relearn to flick a side. I know I will overshoot on a quarter turn once I loosen it up again.

I found out my cube was way too loose, and it was that same getting used to once it had been tightened.

Yeah.. "what is wisdom", is what we say here in NL Meaning both sides have really good points and it's hard to choose.